CSBG Archive

The Greatest Christmas Stories Ever Told! – #13

The countdown continues with 1985’s “You Never Make a Sound” from Spectacular Spider-Man #112 by Peter David, Mark Beachum and Pat Redding…

Much of the issue deals with Peter Parker finding himself alone on Christmas. However, while he THINKS he is all alone, he really is continually missing out on invitations from his friends and family.

Meanwhile, a department store Santa plans to use the information he gains from kids to rob their parents…

On Christmas Eve, Peter is moping again at his apartment…

Later that night, the burglar strikes…

Very cute, eh?

It’s funny, this being a Mark Beachum comic, there were plenty of gratuitous cheesecake shots in the comic and I left them out for the most part but even then he still managed to get a few ass shots into the various pages. He’s a funny one, that Mark Beachum!

M-Wolverine

Ah, my #1 made the list. And I didn’t think me voting it would get it on the list at all. When everyone was giving lists and examples of what stories existed out there, I didn’t see this one mentioned. It’s kind of a forgotten tale. But I remember it fitting Peter very well, and I love any time Santa makes an appearance. So I’m going to be happy with this list no matter how it plays out now.

Pete Woodhouse

Mark Beachum and Pat Redding are two artist names I’ve never heard of, let alone seen their work. Yes, my first impression too was “Why the gratuitous cheesecake shots?”
The art reminds me of Rick Hoberg, another guy who seemed to emerge in the mid-80s. Few issues of Hoberg’s Batman spring to mind from that era, when they were introducing Alfred’s young relative Julia.

V

John King

V – yes – exactly 3 years
MJ returned Am Spidey 256 (Sept 84), said she knew Spidey’s secret in 257 and told her story in 259
the proposal was in issue 292 (Sept 87) and she was newly-wed (and close to being newly widowed) in 293 (Kraven’s last hunt)